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Hazards and Risks of Climate Change in the Pacific Northwest

How is our climate changing in the Pacific Northwest? How will that climate change going to affect you and your community? Are we prepared to adapt to these changes in our climate?

Come join us at Central Washington University for an interdisciplinary research experience where we will address these questions. Our program is targeted to undergraduates who are currently enrolled at two-year and four-year colleges in the Pacific Northwest, particularly students in their first and second years of college.

2019 Program Dates

Application deadline: Monday, January 28, 2019

Anticipated notification: Wednesday, February 20, 2019

Deadline to accept or decline: Friday, March 15, 2019

For accepted students:

Enrollment in online spring quarter course: March 26 — May 31

On campus research program: June 17 – August 16 in Ellensburg, WA

Northwest Climate Conference in October, 2019

Program information

Up to 10 students each summer will:

Participate in an online introduction to interdisciplinary research during spring quarter to prepare for summer research;

Come to Ellensburg, WA, for 9 weeks during the summer to work on a mentored research project related to hazards and risks of climate change and an interdisciplinary project about communicating hazards and risks of climate change;

Develop mentoring and advising relationships with faculty at Central Washington University and at their home institution to learn more about transferring, opportunities for advanced study, and careers in the STEM disciplines;